1/1/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/1/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Sport played with horses and mallets
POLO

5A
Metal tool with a sharp tip
AWL

8A
Ring ___ (snack made by Drake’s Cakes)
DING

12A
“Excuse me, but I need to say something …”
AHEM

13A
The “T” in “TMI”
TOO

14A
TV actress Falco
EDIE

15A
College football game first played on New Year’s Day in 1902: 2 wds.
ROSE BOWL

17A
Slangy denial
NOPE

18A
Where a small dog might sit
LAP

19A
“___ recall …”: 2 wds.
AS I

21A
Word sometimes confused with “less”
FEWER

24A
Cut piece of a lemon
WEDGE

28A
Exclude
OMIT

29A
California city where the first 15-Across was played
PASADENA

32A
Went fast on foot
RAN

33A
Person who lands a plane
PILOT

34A
Piece of wood used to build a cabin
LOG

35A
Midwestern university that scored 49 points at the first 15-Across
MICHIGAN

37A
___ in handy (was useful)
CAME

38A
What a snooze alarm disturbs
SLEEP

39A
Appliance for cooking doughnuts or onion rings
FRYER

40A
Personal trainer’s unit
REP

42A
Princess in “The Princess Diaries”
MIA

43A
Dole (out)
METE

46A
Western university that scored 0 points at the first 15-Across
STANFORD

51A
“Quidditch Through the ___” (book written by J.K. Rowling)
AGES

52A
Note that’s “a needle pulling thread,” according to the song “Do-Re-Mi”
SOL

53A
Like “2 + 2 = 4” but not “2 + 2 = 5”
TRUE

54A
Award for a Broadway performer
TONY

55A
Stuff that explodes: Abbr.
TNT

56A
Gotten a look at
SEEN

1D
72, for many golf courses
PAR

2D
“Well, well, well!”
OHO

3D
Guitar legend ___ Paul
LES

4D
Egg dish that’s typically folded
OMELET

5D
On the roof of
ATOP

6D
“This is so amazing!”
WOW

7D
First name of Bugs Bunny’s girlfriend
LOLA

8D
Said “no” to
DENIED

9D
Affirmative response during a wedding: 2 wds.
I DO

10D
Little bite
NIP

11D
“I’ll be darned!”
GEE

16D
Item that’s loaded by a weightlifter
BAR

20D
Hit, as a bug
SWAT

21D
Pieces of paperwork
FORMS

22D
Message that appears in an inbox
EMAIL

23D
Recoil from pain
WINCE

25D
Frustrating time lag for an airport passenger
DELAY

26D
Lawn ornament that starts with a silent letter
GNOME

27D
Excited to get started
EAGER

29D
Animal that may be potbellied
PIG

30D
___ carte (individually): 2 wds.
A LA

31D
Apollo or Perseus, to Zeus
SON

33D
Tube that a plumber unclogs
PIPE

36D
What the Catholic Church accused Galileo of
HERESY

37D
Makes, as friendship bracelets
CRAFTS

39D
Appendage that stabilizes a fish
FIN

41D
“Hey, wanna hear a secret?”
PSST

42D
Chocolaty order at an old-timey soda fountain
MALT

43D
Put out the welcome ___
MAT

44D
Alter ___ (other identity)
EGO

45D
Number of pins in bowling
TEN

47D
Heavy weight
TON

48D
Raw metal
ORE

49D
Young contestant in “The Hunger Games”
RUE

50D
Lion cubs’ home
DEN